Amateur Beekeepers Australia

The ABA has lined up a fabulous range of speakers for our inaugural conference, to be held over three days at diggers @ the entrance on the Central Coast.

This includes:

• Official opening by the Governor of NSW – and recreational beekeeper – His Excellency DAVID HURLEY
• COSTA GEORGIADIS, host of ABC’s Gardening Australia, on Planting for Bees
• STUART ANDERSON, co-inventor of the Flow Hive, on The Flow Hive Three Years On
• DR MARK GRECO, a bee behaviour researcher at Charles Sturt University, on How bees learn and respond to our changing environment
• DR EMILY REMNANT, a molecular geneticist at University of Sydney, on Bees and developing a resistance to viruses spread by Varroa mite
• DES CANNON, editor of the Australasian Beekeeper on Turning your beekeeping hobby into a business

CONFERENCE EVENTS

Friday 18 May

• Informal bistro dinner in the club
• bee-inspired movie screening

Saturday 19 May

• registration from 8am
• opening by NSW Governor
• programme of expert and entertaining guest speakers
• conference dinner

Sunday 20 May

• field day events
• trade show
• ABA Annual General Meeting

Ticket cost includes all speaker presentations, Saturday’s morning tea, afternoon tea and lunch, and entry to Sunday's Field Day and Trade Show .

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO CHANGE